Following a year-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Candyman sequel has announced its theatrical release date — August 27th — and with it a new trailer for the spin on the 1992 horror film. The preview focuses on the connection between Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Anthony McCoy and the …
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When last we saw David (Akili McDowell), the hero of the gorgeous drama series David Makes Man, he was 14 years old, nearing the end of his time in middle school, and still very much an anxious kid hoping to one day feel comfortable in any of the disparate social …
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Weekend Update covered the week’s big news and gave the spotlight to two potentially departing cast members during Saturday Night Live‘s Season 46 finale. “Well, it’s last Weekend Update, and I have to say, I think the country is in a better place than when we started this season,” co-anchor …
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Lionsgate has released the first trailer for The Protégé, a new action-thriller starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Keaton. The film opens in theaters on August 20th. The Protégé stars Maggie Q as Anna, a contract killer who was rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody (Jackson) …
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HBO has released the trailer for Pause With Sam Jay, an innovative talk show series hosted by Saturday Night Live writer and stand-up comedian Sam Jay. The six-episode, half-hour series premieres Friday, May 21st at 9:00 p.m. ET on HBO, and will be available to stream on HBO Max. Co-created by …
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Olympia Dukakis, the Oscar-winning actress best known for her roles in Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, has died at the age of 89. https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/50-greatest-romantic-comedies-of-all-time-790068/moonstruck-1987-792329/ The actress’ brother Apollo Dukakis announced his sister’s death on Facebook Saturday. No cause of death was revealed. “My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning …
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The first trailer for Questlove’s documentarySummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), premiered Sunday during the Academy Awards telecast. The film will arrive in theaters and on Hulu on July 2nd. Summer of Soul focuses on the little-known history of the Harlem Cultural Festival, dubbed “the …
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In a year where Asian-American stories have been brought to the forefront, few voices have been as celebrated as Lee Isaac Chung’s. Oscar-nominated for his work on Minari, a semi-autobiographical tale of his upbringing in the South, Chung joins Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao as one of two Asian filmmakers nominated for …
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Felix Silla, the actor who donned the full-body hair suit and bowler hat as Cousin Itt on the original The Addams Family television series, has died at the age of 84. Silla, who also played the robot Twiki on the sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, died Friday …
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Stranger Things star Caleb McLaughlin discusses his new role in Netflix’s Concrete Cowboy in the latest episode of Rolling Stone’s The Breakdown. In the film, McLaughlin plays Cole, a teenage boy living in Detroit who is taken by his mother to live in Philadelphia with his estranged father, Harp (Idris …
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